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Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) ordered Discord to suspend its Go Live livestreaming feature nationwide, saying the platform failed to take reasonable measures to protect children and adolescents from serious harms including self-harm, suicide-related abuse, harassment, and violence. The preventive order gives Discord three business days to disable the feature in Brazil, applies to equivalent live video-sharing capabilities rather than the entire platform, and requires anti-circumvention controls to prevent users from bypassing the restriction.
The action follows cases cited by Brazilian authorities involving minors allegedly encouraged to harm themselves during Discord broadcasts, including the death of a 13-year-old girl and another intervention involving a girl preparing to die by suicide online. ANPD said Discord’s live-video architecture limits real-time inspection, that its moderation depends too heavily on flawed automation and user reports, and that technical changes made in March — including reported end-to-end encryption changes to Go Live — reduced protections for minors. Discord said it received the order, disputed the regulator’s characterization of its safety practices, and argued the suspension was premature, while ANPD said the feature will remain blocked until the company proves effective technical, security, and governance safeguards and obtains express authorization to restore it.
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ANPD issued a preventive measure ordering Discord to suspend its Go Live livestreaming feature and equivalent video-sharing capabilities in Brazil, while clarifying that the platform itself is not fully blocked. The authority said the suspension would remain until Discord demonstrates effective safeguards and obtains authorization to restore the feature.
ANPD met with Discord's legal representatives during its investigation into child-safety and livestreaming risks on the platform.
As part of its supervisory process, ANPD received information from Discord before deciding on emergency measures related to the platform's livestreaming features in Brazil.
ANPD opened a supervisory process to investigate alleged failures by Discord to protect children and adolescents in the digital environment, including risks tied to harmful content and livestreaming features.
Authorities said a 13-year-old girl in central-western Brazil died after being encouraged to harm herself during an approximately 45-minute Discord livestream in July. The case later led to the arrest of five teenagers.
ANPD said Discord made technical changes to the Go Live feature in early March that made the livestreaming function less protective for children and adolescents and further limited real-time detection of harmful activity.
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